Ship's Log 2009 |
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22nd December 2009 - Last Parade Night of the year | ||||||||
19th December 2009 - Cadets Christmas Mess Dinner
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13th December - District Drill & Piping Competition The 2009 District Drill & Piping competition was held at Leicester Unit and saw teams from around the district taking part. Congratulations to all who took part, commiserations to those who do not go on to the Area Competition, don't give up and keep practicing ready for next year. | ||||||||
1st December - Unit Advancements | ||||||||
Whilst 4 Cadets from Tiger were away in London for the weekend to take part in the Festival of Remembrance at the Royal Albert Hall and the Sunday Parade past the Cenotaph the rest of the ship's company went along to the Thurmaston Remembrance Service where CPO (SCC) K Marshal-Nichols laid a wreath at the War Memorial on behalf of the Royal Navy.Also at the service was Rosemary Conley CBE DL, who laid a wreath in her role as Deputy Lieutenant of Leicestershire
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3rd November - Unit Advancements | ||||||||
25th October - District Trafalgar Day Parade & Dedication of the Unit's Colour During the afternoon representatives from the HMS Tiger Association presented a cheque to We would like to thank everyone from our District for supporting the Parade, everyone who attended the service and special thanks go to the parents and supporters who helped marshal the parade and who provided much needed refreshments on our return to the unit.
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| 16th - 18th October - Unit weekend and a cheque presentation Cadets made the best of the nice weather and enjoyed a boating weekend at the unit. Saturday night they wrapped up and went along to enjoy the spectacular fireworks, music and dancing along with thousands from across the country as Leicester staged the biggest Diwali celebrations outside India. While they were enjoying the fireworks other members of staff attended the annual Trafalgar Dinner held by Wigston RNA where Vice Admiral Sir David Dobson KBE presented a cheque to TS Tiger. Many thanks to Wigston RNA and we look forward to seeing you all soon. | ||||||||
| 11th October - Leicester Marathon Cadets, Staff and UMC carried out the now familiar duties at this years Leicester Marathon providing well earned drinks at the first and last water stations for all the runners. Well done to all the volunteers and of course to the runners and we look forward to seeing you all again next year.. | ||||||||
6th October - Unit Advancements and Cheque Presentation
Cdt Pearce -Awarded 1st Year Good Conduct Stripe | ||||||||
19th September - Anstey Gala
The Musical Drill display which the Cadets performed is no longer taught as standard to Cadets but it is something that they have taken on as an extra to the normal syllabus. The rifles used are Lee Enfield No4 Rifles which are almost 10lbs(4.5 kg) in weight (that's 5 bags of sugar) and 44inches(111cm) in length (which is about the height of you average 5-6 year old). These are a cumbersome weapon for a young teenager to be swinging around but with practice the Cadets make it look effortless and I am sure you will agree they did look practiced and smart on the day. | ||||||||
| 15th September - Unit Advancements
CI Jim Craven - Advancement to APO(SCC) CI Matt Taylor - Advancement to APO(SCC) CI Chris Bowles - Advancement to APO(SCC) ***Congratulations & Well Done*** | ||||||||
10th September - Police v Sea Cadets "Well what a great night was had by all, our first Guest tournament our local Beat Bobbies V Cadets,what a great competition, well done to all the Staff for a great evening , by the way did I mention that we WON - never mind Rob, Kerry and the team better luck next time!"The Cadets look forward to the rematch in 2010, better start practising now hey guys. | ||||||||
| 21st - 23rd August Unit weekend at TS Wild Goose (SCTC Thrapston) Staff and Cadets had a fun weekend boating more news and piccies to follow. | ||||||||
| 15th August - Saffron Summer Gala Staff, Cadets and UMC enjoyed a very busy, extremely windy day at this yearly event. Many thanks to all who came to see us and especially to young Callum who came to try and win another £5, don't forget to come and join us when you are 10! | ||||||||
| 8th August - Evington Village Fete TS Tiger enjoyed a very sunny day's recruiting and fundraising, many thanks to all who came to visit us | ||||||||
| 2nd - 8th August - Eastern Area Summer Camp 6 Cadets headed off to HMS Bristol for a week of learning and fun more news and pics to follow | ||||||||
| 24th-26th July - Unit weekend at TS Wild Goose (SCTC Thrapston) Staff and Cadets had a fun weekend boating more news and piccies to follow. | ||||||||
19th July - Help for Heroes Gala Help For Heroes was the idea of Appeal Chairman Bryn Parry and a group of friends and relations, many of who have connections with serving servicemen and women. Bryn and his wife Emma wanted to do something to help the wounded and came up with the idea of a sponsored bike ride. They mentioned it to some friends who mentioned it to some more friends and suddenly Help For Heroes was born and growing fast. A flurry of visits to various offices led to the campaign being blessed by the head of the army, Chief of the General Staff, General Sir Richard Dannatt | ||||||||
| 16th July - LC Ruth Rollings' last night at TS Tiger Everyone at TS Tiger wishes her all the very best and she has promised to come back so we look forward to her telling the cadets all about life in the Royal Navy today. Notoriously difficult to pin down and photograph, below are the best ones we could find of her time with us.
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| 12th July - Cancer Research Race for Life
Many thanks to everyone who came along to show support for TS Tiger and we look forward to seeing you all again next year. | ||||||||
28th June - Thurmaston Royal British Legion 75th Anniversary Parade
Many thanks to Hon. Branch Secretary Dave Atterbury for inviting us along to this event. | ||||||||
27th June - Armed Forces Day Parade, Veterans Parade, Thurmaston Gala Staff, Cadets and UMC split themselves into three groups so that they could attend and support three of the events happening today and unfortunately had to turn down other invitations for the day. A good day was had by all and many thanks to the kind people at the Thurmaston Gala who came along to chat and support the Leicester Sea Cadets. | ||||||||
20th-21st June - Giant Sleepover 2009 Junior Cadets from Leicester went over to Northampton unit for the Giant Sleepover, | ||||||||
| 15th June - Beat Surgery TS Tiger opened their doors to provide the location for a local Police Beat Surgery. This was the first one to be held at the unit and was organised by PCSO Kerry Soffe. PCSO Soffe is a regular visitor to the unit trying to help us to keep it safe and vandal free. Further beat surgeries are scheduled to be held on
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| 13th June - TS Tiger Maintenance Day Staff, Cadets, Parents and Unit Management Committee members spent the day tidying the grounds and the unit ready for a hectic Summer. Many thanks to everyone who gave up their time to help us keep TS Tiger looking clean & tidy. | ||||||||
| 9th June - TS Tiger Annual General Meeting The Annual General Meeting was held on the main deck, committee elected for the coming year: Chairman - Mrs M. Smith Vice Chair - Mr A. Hadland Treasurer - Mrs K Beynon Secretary - Vacant position | ||||||||
| 6th & 7th June - Leicester Riverside Festival This weekend is one of Leicester's largest outdoor events, which is sponsored by Riverside Housing. Cadets and Staff attended in an official capacity to provide safety boat cover whilst UMC members were on hand for fundraising and recruiting. The recruitment stand was extremely busy with people queuing up to play our new Roll a 10p game, so thanks to everyone who bought one of our Summer Quiz sheets and who came to chat with us. Many thanks to Leicester City Council for arranging the weekend and we hope to be there again next year. | ||||||||
| 6th June - Support our Soldiers Table Top Sale TS Tiger were invited along to the Memorial Hall in Glenfield to this event but unfortunately were unable to attend as they were at the Riverside Festival. However, they did take their information boards and would like to thank the Rachael Bodycot, the diary and events co-ordinator for arranging a collection bucket for the Leicester Sea Cadets and thanks to all the people who made a donation. | ||||||||
| 21st May - Mayormaking Ceremony Cadets attended the annual Mayor making ceremony at the Town Hall in Leicester to welcome in the new Lord Mayor of Leicester, Councilor Roger Blackmore. TS Tiger would like to wish him every success for the forthcoming year. | ||||||||
17th May - District Pulling Competition Congratulations to Northampton's pulling teams who swept the board and now move on to the Area competition and well done to Leicester's male pulling team for a good effort. | ||||||||
16th May - Headquarters 50th Anniversary Mess Dinner After an excellent meal Lt Cdr Webb gave an insight into his life in the Sea Cadets of which he had served some 31 years (even as a boy sailor with Nelson). He made a very good speaker as he was asked on the night and could have quite easily taken up all the time allocated to all!! Afterwards Lt Reed gave his opinion on how the Corps will be progressing, once again a very informative speech which ended with a toast to TS Tiger. Speaking after the event the Mess President, CPO (SCC) Kim Marshal-Nichols said:
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12th May - Lord-Lieutenants Cadet Duties POCdt Fitzpatrick, in her capacity as the Lord-Lieutenant's Cadet has accompanied The Lady Gretton to other events since her investiture in October 2008. These include:
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11th – 17th April - TS Royalist Click here to read Cdt Flower's experiences during the week. | ||||||||
7th April - Unit Advancements | ||||||||
4th April - TS Tiger Barn Dance
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The parade organised by Northampton SCC, TS Laforey also included Cadets and Staff from the units throughout the district.
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The week on board was made possible thanks to the Irene Haslar Bursary Click here to read Cdt Hack's Royalist Diary Click here to see more pictures | ||||||||
Thanks to all who donated the prizes and cakes and well done to all the Cadets of TS Tiger.
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Lt Cdr Perry congratulates PO Cdt Fitzpatrick after presenting her with a certificate and badge. Congratulations to Lindsey who has worked extremely hard to achieve the qualifications required to attain this rank. She becomes the first PO Cdt at Leicester Unit for almost nine years. | ||||||||
3rd February - Unit Advancements | ||||||||
1-2nd February - Eastern Area Rose Bowl .22 Rifle Competition The weekend consisted of Saturday practice day followed by the competition shoot on Sunday. Results to follow. The picture shows the Cadets from Northampton Unit, TS Lafory with OC Martin practising his prone position between practice sessions. | ||||||||
17-18th January - Multi Training Weekend
42 x 3rd Class and 3 x 2nd Class qualifications were gained together with 1 x Adult IM Grade1.
Saturday evening the Karaoke was the place to be and cadets treated the staff to some wonderful renditions.
Congratulations and well done to all who attended. | ||||||||
6th January - Unit Advancements | The Ships log for last year can be found here | |||||||
7th & 8th November - Remembrance Duties
Kettering, Loughborough & Northampton Sea Cadet Units. At the church a service of commemoration and remembrance was held and also our new Unit Colour was blessed in a service of dedication. After the church service the parade and invited guests returned to TS Tiger for refreshments. 
the unit on behalf of all their members who had agreed at their reunion to donate half of the raffle proceeds to the Leicester Cadets. 
Cadets, Staff & UMC enjoyed a lovely sunny day at the Anstey Gala, 
After 5 years as a Sea Cadet, LC Ruth Rollings spent her last night at Tiger saying goodbye to all her friends. Ruth joined us on 1st July 2004 and on Sunday 26th July 2009 she will start her 9 weeks basic training at HMS Raleigh.
The 2009 Race for Life took place on Western Park and once again Cadets & Staff from TS Tiger assisted with the marshalling. 
Staff and Cadets were invited to take part in the parade to celebrate the 75th Anniversary of 
Teams from Leicester (TS Tiger), Kettering (TS Pytchley), Loughborough (TS Venomous) and Northampton (TS Laforey) took part in the District Pulling Regatta which took place at Northampton Unit on a very wet and windy Sunday.
29th March- Laforey Parade 
15th - 20th March - TS Royalist
12th March - Cadets fun fundraising night
3rd March - Unit Advancements
Cadets from Eastern Area converged on Leicester Unit for the Area Rose Bowl. The shooting took place at the TA Centre on Ulverscroft Road while Leicester unit provided accomodation and food.
District Officer Paul Perry said
“This was an extremely successful weekend with excellent catering and thanks are expressed to Leicester unit for their support, adult instructional & support staff and special thanks go to Leading Cadet Collins from Northampton for assisting in the cook steward class instruction and Leading Cadet Fitzpatrick from Leicester for her assistance in the meal preparation”
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